The Icefields Parkway – Edith Cavell & Atheabasca Valley -Day 2

The Great Road Trip of 2015

It was still dark out, but I could already tell that the weather hadn’t turned as I drove back down the Icefields Parkway. I didn’t even take out my camera as my disappointment set in when I got to my scouted spot to find it drizzling, not a break in the clouds. It was definitely not turning out to be the magical road trip through the mountains that I had envisioned. I got back in the car and drove back north to Pyramid Lake, just outside of Jasper, mainly just to see it before grabbing a coffee back in town and heading back down the parkway. I figured I’d take my time, head up to Edith Cavell Glacier, and then back to the Columbia Icefields to find a campsite, all while hoping the weather would clear. It never really did…